Refining

Raízen Argentina has built and erected a new crude distiller column at its refinery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, alongside Shell Catalysts & Technologies.

INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe and Plastic Energy have announced that they are working together on a trial to convert ‘hard to recycle plastic material’ back into ‘food-grade’ quality plastic.

Global demand for oil products has seen strong recovery this year, however, depressed kerosene demand from the aviation sector is a major barrier to full recovery, reports GlobalData.

Sulzer is delivering a range of engineered application pumps as well as core technology to support Assam Bio Refinery Pvt Ltd.’s operations.

Vopak Moda Houston has announced that it has commissioed its fully operational marine terminal in the Port of Houston.

The companies have agreed to work together to deploy advanced satellite technology and proprietary data processing platforms to detect methane emissions.

TOYO has been awarded a contract by Numaligarh Refinery Ltd for the EPCC of a diesel hydrotreating unit in Assam, India.

Joint research conducted by the World Petroleum Council and Boston Consulting Group suggests that the percentage of women working in oil and gas has stalled at 22%, but the industry has strengthened its commitment to act.

DuPont Clean Technologies has announced that the STRATCO alkylation unit at the Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd refinery has successfully started up.

Seeq has reached an agreement with Saudi Aramco to further expand its operational analytics strategy, as part of the company’s ongoing digital transformation programme.

CVR Energy will study the use of Honeywell UOP single-stage Ecofining technology to convert locally sourced sustainable feeds into renewable diesel fuel.

Saudi Aramco Technologies Co. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd have formed a technology partnership with Axens.

New research from ICIS has revealed that almost half of firms in the energy sector believe that ESG disclosure regulations pose the biggest environmental impact related regulatory risk.

Mammoet has provided L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering with heavy lifting services for the construction of the Barmer oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Rajasthan, India.

Severn Group has acquired US-headquartered ValvTechnologies – manufacturer of metal-seated, zero-leakage isolation valve solutions for demanding applications.